Accession No
1947.2111 A.3
Description
Fragments of lapis lazuli.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur
Period
Prehistoric 3500 BC
Source
Beck, Gundred Eleanor [donor]; Beck, Horace Courthope [collector]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.2111 A.3; 1417 c [Beck Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Lapis Lazuli
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Horace Beck catalogue card: 'Fragments of Lapis lazuli bead ready to drill. Grave 55.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Some silver beads and fragments of lapis lazuli were found in the same grave. Grave 55. Date 3500 BC
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.2111 A: 'Fragments of lapis lazuli.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Horace Beck and donated by his widow, Gundred Beck, in 1947. See Horace Beck’s handwritten catalogue, classified by region (WO1/1/2).
Event Date 1947
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1947.2111 A: 'Gold bead.'
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
The other items, 1417 b-c (1947.2111 A.2-3), missing.
Event Date 24/7/1992
Author: maa
FM:299844
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